Dr. Catherine Gunsalus González was born and raised in New York. In 1960 she earned an S.T.B. in Campus Ministry from Boston University and in 1965 she completed a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, History of Doctrine from the same university. That same year she was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament by the United Presbyterian Church. Dr. González has taught at Louisville Theological Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, where she was the first woman on the faculty of both institutions. She retired as professor emerita from Columbia Theological Seminary in 2002 and continued to teach occasional courses for several years. During her years teaching she was very active in national committees, both denominational and ecumenical. Dr. González has lectured and written on worship and sacraments, as well as on women and the church. She and her husband, Dr. Justo L. González, have also co-authored numerous books and have lectured together throughout the United States and abroad.